I have wanted to be a peacock for several years, and as luck would have it my aunt owned a peacock so all I had to do was wait! After a few years she had collected an armload of feathers for me, so I was very lucky because the feathers are expensive! I sketched out … Read more
I made my Zombie Gnome costume from things I found at the Thrift store, a Halloween shop, and some so old curtains I had at my house. I have always wanted to incorporate two of my favorite things: zombies and gnomes. Since I am on the short side (5 foot), I thought it was perfect. … Read more
My son loves Ninjago, more specifically Kai. So, when I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween, of course, it was Kai. We have a pretty big Halloween costume contest every year at our local YMCA so I thought of making a good costume for my son and also give him a chance … Read more
The frame for the tail of this Spaceballs Barf costume was a thick plastic hose, the end split for about two inches to allow for fixing it to the “butt patch” that pins on the back of the cargo pants. Covering that is a shaped piece of long shaggy fur, shaded with Halloween hair spray. … Read more
None of the tattoos shown in the pictures are mine. I bought several random temporary tattoos, and also made some of my own. You can buy temp tattoo paper and use your home printer. I studied many pictures of Kat Von D and downloaded clip art, trying to be as accurate as possible. A friend … Read more
My friends and I decided on a Wizard of Oz group costume for our last day of Sixth form, which is traditionally fancy dress. I am Dorothy in the middle! I originally started the costume from a Simplicity sewing pattern, but the sizing was all wrong and I ended up making it without the pattern … Read more
This is how we made our coolest home made female pinup male groom Day of the Dead couple costume: For my girlfriend’s costume: Her costume was for a Day of the Dead pinup contest, and together for a couple costume contest. She ended up getting second place but I think she should have won. She … Read more
I actually kind of regret this big comfy couch costume because now everything I do pales in comparison to it. I don’t really remember how or when I came up with the idea, but I remember I couldn’t find any good how-to’s on it. The most difficult part, though, was only the hat – I … Read more
I was so tensed for my son ‘s fancy dress. It was his first time, he is just 2 years old. I really wanted to do something very interesting and which took an effort to do. I even had searched it on internet. Finally I found this site and got an idea to do. So I … Read more
This is a Superman Costume I made from athletic spandex. I purchased a blue warm-up shirt and pants from a sports store and had a Superman “S” (printed online) embroidered onto the shirt. The Underwear is just a normal pair of mens’ underwear, turned inside out to hide the seams a little better. The boots … Read more
This New Years Eve a group of my friends wanted to go out as the Spartan Gods from the film Immortals. As the film hadn’t been out very long they couldn’t find anything suitable at any costume shops so they came to me. Having made one of them a King Leonidas outfit when 300 came … Read more
I needed a costume for work (I’m a preschool teacher at a church). Straddling the line of appropriate, recognizable by preschoolers, and still cute is a challenge, but I was able to come up with a perfect costume this year. Elastic Girl was a perfect choice. All I used was a regular red long sleeve … Read more